Association for Foreign Investment accepted two new members at the Plenary session on 23 June 2020. The new members were companies BROŽ BROŽ VALA advokátní kancelář s.r.o. and Manuvia Jobs s.r.o. Thus, the AFI has currently 45 members.
The plenary session took place in the beautiful premises of the famous Letná castle in Prague. Most of our members and partners participated in the plenary, including the representatives of the CzechInvest agency, AFI's patron.
The present members approved the membership of two new applicants, namely Brož Brož Vala advokátní kancelář s.r.o. (law firm) and Manuvia (personnel-leasing market agency). Both companies have thus become AFI's fully-fledged members as of 1st July 2020.
The AFI's Chairman, Mr Kamil Blažek, acquainted the participants with AFI's recent activities including e.g. webinars during COVID-19 lockdown period with high-level speakers from both public and private sectors, designed specifically for AFI members. He laid down the plan of AFI's activities and schedule of events for this year and draw participants' attention to the fact that AFI's new elections will take place in January 2021.
The representatives of CzechInvest agency provided the participants with CzechInvest's intensive involvement into the handling of COVID-19 crisis (e.g. managing COVID-I, II programmes and other). They also informed that two agencies, CzechInvest and CzechTrade, will soon move under the same roof in Štěpánská street in the center of Prague.
Last but not least, the Plenary session approved by unanimity the AFI's financial statements for 2019 and also two new Honorary members, Jan Bobek and Martin Slabý.
BROŽ BROŽ VALA advokátní kancelář s.r.o. (law firm) was established on 1st February 2010 by three barristers.
The lawyers in the BROŽ BROŽ VALA advokátní kancelář s.r.o. have a long tradition in rendering high profile legal services in the Czech Republic. Through its various areas of expertise, the firm avails to its clients expert advises in numerous fields of the domestic and European law.
Currently, the firm services its clients through its head office in Brno and through its branch in Ostrava. The two offices, having a specified profile each, allow the firm to cover full range of legal services and thus creates a unique “one-stop shop” legal services provider in the Czech Republic.
Manuvia is a personnel-leasing market leader with operations in six Central and Eastern European countries with focus on staffing and human-resources management.
Manuvia was established in 2018 through the merger of four strong employment and personnel agencies – McROY Group, Wincott People, XAWAX and Express People – resulting in the creation of an international group with twenty years of experience, 12,000 employees, 20 branches in the CEE region and an extraordinary degree of competence in the field of recruitment.
Manuvia provides a broad selection of services ranging from search, recruitment and hiring of permanent employees to training and consulting in the field of HR strategies. Its primary objective is to provide companies and manufacturers with any number of suitable workers in a short time, while also offering professional services and care with the aim of retaining temporary employees.
